In my last post, I put “same sex marriage” in quotes, or referred to such unions as “so-called marriages.” I did this because such unions are not marriages. It is impossible for persons of the same sex to marry each other. This is not a moral judgment, but a linguistic and biological fact.

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In my Weekly Thought titled Contra-Sexual, I end with the following statement:

While “homosexual” acts are sinful and cannot be condoned, so are hatred and discrimination. The argument I make about same sex attractions being disordered must not be used to discriminate against people with these attractions. The only Christian response to persons with same sex attractions is love and compassion.

No person that claims to be a Christian can discriminate against anyone who has same sex attractions. This, however, does not mean that a Christian should allow legislation to pass that would allow what is call “same sex marriages.” Stopping same sex couples from joining in what they call a “marriage” is not discrimination, but is the only responsible thing to do for these couples and for society.

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The McDonald’s boycott worked, now it’s time to boycott Pepsi.

• Pepsi has produced TV ads that not only promote Pepsi but also promote the gay lifestyle.
• Pepsi gave a total of $1,000,000 to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) to promote the homosexual lifestyle in the workplace.
• Both HRC and PFLAG supported efforts in California to defeat Proposition 8 which defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. HRC, which received $500,000 from Pepsi, gave $2.3 million to defeat Proposition 8.
• Pepsi forces employees to attend sexual orientation and gender diversity training where the employees are taught to accept homosexuality.
• Pepsi is a member of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.

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Speechless…Silencing the Christians is a one hour TV special about the political agenda of homosexual activists. One of the things this TV special mentions is how the media censors Christians. Oddly enough, this is exactly what happened with two TV stations: WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, MI and WSYX-TV in Columbus, OH. Both stations bowed down to the demands of a handful of homosexual activists and banned the showing of this TV special.

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I naively  found another heterodox author: Fr. Richard Rohr O.F.M. I started reading his book Jesus’ Plan for a New World last June. After a couple of chapters, I took a little break from it so that I could read the new translation of John Paul the Great’s theology of the body, Man and Woman He Created Them. After completing Man and Woman He Created Them and a couple other books, I picked up Jesus’ Plan for a New World again. I’ve now read the fist half of it, but have no desire to read the rest.

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In my last post about Fr. McBrien’s new book, I gave a quote from St. Augustine of Hippo’s Sermon 295, On the Feast of the Martyrdom of the Apostles Peter and Paul. Here is a different translation of that quote by William A. Jurgens:

Before His suffering the Lord Jesus Christ, as you know, chose His disciples, who He called Apostles. Among these Apostles almost everywhere Peter alone merited to represent the whole Church. For the sake of his representing the whole Church, which he alone could do, he merited to hear: “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of Heaven.” For it was not one man, but the unity of the Church, which received those keys. In that way, therefore, Peter’s own excellence is foretold, because he acted the part of the unity and totality of the Church herself, when to him it was said, “I hand over to you,” what was in fact handed over to all.

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